The Game Helps Young Vets Kick Drugs in Menlo Park
AP reports on The Game a VA Menlo Park program using radical group confrontation to treat veteran heroin addicts. Led by Steve Petty and Bill Dunn it blends verbal attack with support, methadone detox, and communal living to rehabilitate about a dozen veterans in a year.
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Vietnam
Veterans Administration Hospital
San Francisco
Steve Petty
Bill Dunn
Petty
Dunn
Veterans Administration
Army
Washington
Two Air Squadrons Left Europe Quietly
The United States quietly pulled two Air Force squadrons from Europe last year while pledging to maintain and improve Western strength. The move, part of dual-basing, involved rotating units between the United States and Europe for NATO defense and exercises. Despite withdrawals, officials say these forces remain committed to Europe and can be flown back in emergencies, with 12 US units still listed under dual-basing and 21 fighter squadrons in Western Europe.
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U.S
House Appropriations Committee
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Gantry Sessa
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Air Force
Shaw Air Force Base
S.C
Nixon
Brussels
Western Alliance
David A. Burchinal
Appropriations Committee
Burchinal
The
U.S. Air Force
Britain
Germany
Holland
Spain
House Nears Spending Record For Five Days
House action aims to set a five day spending record with 41 billion dollars in new obligations across nondefense bills. Pending items include allocations for HUD Veterans Affairs and space, Treasury and Interior, totaling hundreds of millions above and below Nixon requests. An emergency financing bill extends temporary funding to Aug. 6 as recess looms.
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House
Baertoniok of Agriculture, Environmental Protection and Consumer Services
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Federal
Nixon
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Veterans Administration
National Science Foundation
Space Agency
Treasury Department
Postal Service
Interior Department
Sen
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Office of Education
Senate
Defense Department
Congress
Viet Gunners Hit Allied Bases Near DMZ Again
North Viet demilitarized zone operations see reinforced South Vietnamese and American forces sweep jungles as rockets strike Charlie 1 2 and Alpha 1 bases near Fuller. Officials report 496 enemy killed since June 19 with 29 South Vietnamese dead and 135 wounded. three B52 missions dropped 270 tons of bombs.
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Saigon
Fuller
Dmz
le Trung Hien
Hien
5Th Mechanized
U.S
Graf
Illinois House Member Withdraws Salary Measure
Rep Roscoe Cunningham of Lawrenceville withdrew a resolution seeking to cut all state official salaries to pre January 6 levels plus three percent after fellow lawmakers blocked a related subsidy bill. He said the move aimed to seek equity for state employees amid pay raise debates and a sick in protest by some workers. He cautioned observers he would not force a floor vote, calling his action penitential.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Roscoe Cunningham
Lawrenceville
Cunningham
House
Ogilvie
Recreation Center Daily Schedule at De Pao
Daily schedule lists early bird swim, park district activities, beginner and advanced lessons, summer programs, open gym and tennis times, handball, scuba diving, karate, and teen center access. Includes times for basketball, wrestling, and meetings across two floors and multiple rooms.
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Park District
Leah Ahan
Do It Yourself Wood Decks booklet details patio deck basics
An eight page booklet titled Three Do It Yourself Wood Decks outlines basic patio deck construction. It is priced at ten cents and available from Western Wood Products Assn. Dept. 513-P Yeon Building Portland Oregon 97204.
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Western Wood Products Assn
Dept
Yeon Bldg
Portland
Renters Buy Homes Study Highlights Move to Ownership
An Indianapolis study shows 30 percent of apartment residents move to buy a home and 45 planters low cost lumber dealers offer wood planter boxes from softwood scraps to color decks and patios. Shop around for a home remodeling loan to find rates among banks, savings and loan associations, and federally insured programs.
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Indianapolis
Apartmet
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